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DMP-BD10 $1,300, TTM Sep 06
The player features 1080p output over HDMI, plays back standard DVDs, music CDs
and DVD-Audio discs, in addition to high-definition Blu-ray Discs, Pixel Precision for
High Definition (P4HD) pixel-by-pixel processing system and a 296MHz/14-bit digitalto-analog
video converter (DAC), offering 4.4 trillion colors and 16,384 levels of
gradation, 192kHz/24-bit DAC audio,
virtual battery system to isolate noise
before the signal is amplified, DTS, DTS-
ES, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Digital EX,
said to be upgradeable to include Dolby
Digital Plus and Dolby Digital True-HD.
CES 2007
Panasonic Blu-ray player as released:
Philips
At CES 2006, the company planned to release first in the US in the 2H06 a Blu-ray
player and a PC triple-writer for Blu-ray write-once, BD rewritable, DVDs, and CDs.
As with past years at CES, Philips just demonstrate a prototype and pricing was not
confirmed. The unit supports DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD via HDMI 1.3, supports
1080p (although it was not confirmed upon the announcement), multi-channel
analog outputs not confirmed to be able to carry the newer hi-bit DTS and Dolby
codecs.
As with the Pioneer BD player (further below), the unit was said not to have Internet
audio streaming support on its first generation for Director’s commentary while the
disc is playing.
Philips CEO, Rudy Provost, made a remark of importance to about 10 million early
adopters of HDTV with only analog inputs on their sets: ” The company said it’s
confident the AACS content-protection group would approve copy-protection rules
that would allow component analog outputs to carry HD video to early-generation
HDTV monitors and TVs that lack HDMI inputs.” Unfortunately, after the remark was
made, the AACS organization did not approve the feature that way, however, most
movie studios are not implementing the Token feature that would downgrade the HD
image over component analog connections. Please check the Content Protection
section for details.
Philips planned to introduce a
Blu-ray player/recorder in 1H07,
which also would play/record CDs
and DVDs.
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